Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.
As long as I believed, Homer is the greatest poet until now because he published the history book about epic in western culture. He knows the philosophical and historical ideas about ancient philosophers and policy makers. He can demonstrate the life in Hell pretty good by using his substantial understanding about the world and people in the society, either at his time, or before his time.
Personally, I like history writter to lead me through the hell because they do not have crazy ideas like some philosophers do. They will say whatever they need to say. They will tell whatever that is right to tell. This makes Homer, the first history writter of Greek, the first choice of my guide to the hell. He can tell me the knowledge about the underworld and depraved society at that era better than some of the philosophers do.
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